Amusement device.



I. KIRALFY. AMUSEMENT DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED APR.10,1912.'

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Patented Oct. 15, 1912.

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IMRE KIRAL'FY, OF SOUTH KENSINGTON, LONDON, ENGLAND.

AMUSEMENT DEVICE.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 15, 19127.

Application filed April 10, 1912. Serial No. 689,738.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Inna KIRALFY, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Tower House, Cromwell Road, South Kensington, in the county of London, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Amusement Devices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved amusement device and consists essentially of a car adapted to hold or seat a number of persons and to travel upon a track which is of a character adapted to cause the car to assume varying angles from 180 to 90, the car being subjected to traction and rotation by any suitable means.

In order that the invention may he clearly understood and readily carried into effect I will proceed to describe the same with reference to the accompanying drawing in which:

Figure 1 is a plan of one of the cars and Fig. 2 a sectional elevation thereof. Fig, 3 is a partial View of the underside of the car. Fig. 4: is a planof the track and Fig. 5 an elevation thereof. Figs. 6 to 9 show several positions which the car assumes in traveling along the track. Fig. 10 shows another constructional form of the apparatus with the car in the loading position. Fig. 11 shows the car in the tilted or vertical position on the track. Fig, 12 is a detail .view of the arrangement for imparting movement to the car along the track.

The car a is of circular formation the seats a being arranged around the inner side a of the walls a of the car or drumlike structure. Each seat is provided with arms a and is padded or upholstered and is provided with a bar or with bars a adapted .to prevent the occupant from falling forward. To this end there may be a bar a arranged across the arms near the upper portions thereof and another bar may be arranged so as to engage the legs of the occu pant, or what may be termed a knee board a suitably hinged or mounted and padded may be provided in front of each occupant. The bar a pertaining to the arms may be provided with means for-effecting the automatic locking thereof with the arms and with this object means comprising a spring bolt or snap a on the arm oron the bar capable of engaging with a rack or other convenient catch on the other part may be employed for holding the said parts securely together. The release of the bar is effected by withdrawing the spring bolt from engagement with the rack or catch. The said bar is arranged at a height convenient to the occupant so as to afiord protection from falling forward and also to afford a hold fast while in the car a. The knee bar or board may be locked if desired .in a similar manner and may be provided with a top rail (6 for the use of the occupants of the car, who may hold the same instead of the bar a across the arms of the seat.

The car a is provided with a floor a and may also be provided with castors, wheels or rollers or other suitable means for facilitating the movement along the track and also rot-atively. The traction of the car may be effected by electric or other suitable power through conducting rails and brushes or through cables, chain, gravity or other convenientdevices.

One arrangement for imparting movement to the car is shown in Figs. 2 and 3, the car in the former figure being shown in position for rolling along the surface or track I) on its side (:7. A. chain a is arranged in a suitable position with regard to the track and is provided with a dog (Z carrying a friction roller d which latter is adapted to engage with a rim (Z on the under surface or bottom of the car. As the chain is pulled the dog (Z, will engage with the rim (Z and draw the car along the track Z), the connection between the dog (Z and the rim being such as to allow of the car rolling on its side a along the said track during said traversing movement. The car is prevented from toppling overby a flange (Z formed on the rim (Z engaging with a pair of safety rails d formed on the track.

The track Z) may be constructed of wood arranged on suitable framework, trestles or the like 6 (Fig. 8) so as to adequately support the same, and may be arranged so that the car at the commencement, and for the purpose of loading, assumes a horizontal attitude as shown in Figs. 6 and 7. This attitude is preserved for a certain length of the track when the latter gradually assumes an incline laterally as shown in Fig. 8, with the effect that the car is tilted and this inclining of the track and the conse quent tilting of the car continues until the latter has passed through an angle of 90 and is traveling upon its side or performing a rolling action or approximately so as shown in Fig. 9. The base a of the car a is however retained in contact with the track 6 together with the side a of the car. The track Z) then, gradually and, in the inverse order, assumes again the horizontal and this formation may be carried on indefinitely or to the extent of the space available for the a from the horizontal position to the ver-. tical posltion and vice versa as 1t travels along the track. The car a may be placed in a horizontal attitude on a platform adapted to be tilted so that after the occupants have taken their seats and are secured in their positions, the plat-form is tilted and the car caused to assume a position on its side the arrangement being such that the car then leaves the platform and continues its journey along the track. Such an arrangement is shown in Figs. 10 to 12; the car a is carried by a platform or tipping cradle (Z which is adapted to be turned or tilted by means of the supporting axle d". The platform or cradle is provided with suitable counter-weights (2 and securing or safety rails (Z which latter are adapted to secure the car to the cradle during the tilt ing of the car a from the horizontal loading position to the vertical position it assumes for rolling on the track 6 Fig. 11. In the center of the track is arranged an endless chain (Z having two dogs (Z secured thereto so as to receive the car a between them when it is tilted into the position shown in Fig. 11. These dogs d are provided with antifriction rollers (I which are adapted to engage with the sides of the car so as to impart a rotary'movement to the car when the chain (Z is operated. The car will thus roll along the track Z) and will be retained on and move with the chain (Z one dog (Z actuating the car and the other serving to prevent undue movement of the same relatively to the actuating chain. If desired, the first part of the track 6 may serve to conduct and retain the car a in the vertical position and the remaining portions of the track serve to incline the car and bring the same to the horizontal position and then back to the vertical position. The track may be arranged in a continuous manner i. e. of a circular, elliptical or other formation in plan, or the track may be straight,

one point to another.

sinuous, curved or otherwise formed so as to transport the occupants of the car from The track may be furnished with safety ledges, flanges or other devices for insuring the cars retaining their position 011 the track.

It will be obvious that the above described device may be constructed on any scale desired so that any number of persons may be accommodated in the cars and it will also be obvious that the device may be constructed as a toy so as to afford amusement to children in the home or elsewhere.

hat I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is 1. An amusement device comprising a car of suitable formation, a track along which said car may roll and means for displacing said car from a horizontal posit-ion to a vertical position prior to its movement along said track.

2. An amusement device comprising a car having a plurality of seats, said car being mounted to roll or rotate in the plane of its seats so that the passengers partake of the rolling or rotating movement laterally about the axis of rotation, and a track adapted to receive said car and impart an angular movement thereto so as to displace the same from the horizontal position to the vertical position and vice versa during its rolling movement along said track.

3. An amusement device comprising a rolling car, seats in said car, arms for said seats and a track adapted to receive said car and impart an angular movement thereto so as to displace the same from the horizontal position to the vertical position and vice versa during its rolling movement along said track.

4. An amusement device comprising a drum-like car, seats in said car, arms and retaining devices for said seats and a track adapted to receive said car and impart an angular movement thereto so as to displace the same from the horizontal position to the vertical position and vice versa during its rolling movement along said track.

5. An amusement device comprising a drum-like car, seats in said car, arms, retaining devices for said seats, means for automatically locking said retaining devices and a track adapted to receive said car and impart an angular movement thereto so as to displace the same from the horizontal position to the vertical position and vice versa during its rolling movement along said track.

6. An amusement device comprising a drum-like car, wheels on said car for facilitating its movement, means for imparting a rotary traversing movement to said car and a track adapted to receive said car and impart an angular movement thereto so as to dlsplace the same from the horizontal position to the vertical position and vice versa during its movement along said track.

7. An amusement device comprising a drum-like car wheels on said car for facilitating its movement, a platform for receiving said car during the loading operation and a track adapted to receive the loaded car from said platform and impart an angular movement thereto so as to displace the same from the vertical position to the horizontal position and vice versa during its rotary movement along said track.

8. An amusement device comprising a drum-like car and a track adapted to receive said car and comprising horizontal inclined and vertical parts which serve to impart an angular movement to the car so as to displace the same from the horizontal position to the vertical position and vice versa during its rotary movement along said track.

9. An amusement device comprising a drum-like car and a sinuous track adapted to receive said car and comprising horizontal, inclined and vertical parts which serve to impart an angular movement to the car so as to displace the same from the horizontal position to the vertical position and vice versa during its rotary movement along said track.

10. An amusement device comprising a drum-like car and a curved track adapted to receive said car and impart an angular movement thereto so as to displace the same from the horizontal position to the vertical and vice versa during its rotary movement along said track.

11. An amusement device comprising a drum-like car, means for imparting move ment to said car, a platform for supporting said car during the loading operation and for subsequently tilting the same on its side, and a sinuous track adapted to receive said car and impart an angular movement thereto so as to displace same from the vertical position to the horizontal position and vice versa during its rotary movement along said track.

In testimony whereof I affix my signa ture in presence of two witnesses.

IMRE KIRALFY.

Witnesses:

EUSTAGE H. BARKER, ARTHUR T. WAGHORN.

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